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Cruises from Melbourne | 2020-2021

Everything you need to know to sail from Melbourne this cruising season.

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The summer 2018/19 cruising season in Australia runs from October 2020 to April 2021. This is high season for cruises departing Australia's major ports, including Melbourne's Station Pier.

Bookings are already well underway with popular sailings already sold out, though there are still plenty available.

Here’s where you can go, which liners can take you there and the best deals that can save you big bucks this cruising season.

Top Melbourne cruise deals

Princess Cruise Lines
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Australia cruises from $247

Verified 2 days ago Expires 31 Dec 2021
Available on cruises in 2022-2023. Destinations include Brisbane, Adelaide and more. Sample fare is for a 2-day cruise from Sydney-Melbourne.
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Luxury Escapes
Deal

Get 9% off South Australia cruise with flights and pre-cruise stay

Verified Yesterday Expires 4 Nov 2021
Available on select dates from 21 November 2021 – 22 January 2022. Includes return flights from Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane to Adelaide, a pre-cruise stay, onboard meals, wine package and more.
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Princess Cruise Lines
Deal

Brisbane cruises from $249

Verified 3 days ago Expires 30 Nov 2021
Available for travel from 2022-2023. Destinations include Cairns, Port Douglas, Hobart, Melbourne, Wellington, Tauranga and more. Sample rate is for a 2-day cruise to Sydney.
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Princess Cruise Lines
Deal

Cruises from Sydney from $247

Verified 3 days ago Expires 30 Nov 2021
Available on select travel dates in 2022-2023. Destinations include Hobart, Cairns, Wellington, Auckland and more. Sample rate is for a 2-day cruise to Melbourne.
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Princess Cruise Lines
Deal

Melbourne cruises from $348

Verified 3 days ago Expires 30 Nov 2021
Available on select cruises in 2022-2023 to destinations including Eden, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Phillip Island and more. Sample rate is for a 2-day cruise to Sydney.
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Flight Centre - Cruises
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Up to USD$200 OBCs on 9-night Australia cruise with Celebrity Cruises

Expires 31 Oct 2021
Available on 5 April 2024 departing from Sydney. Destinations include Melbourne, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Hobart. T&Cs apply.
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Flight Centre - Cruises
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Up to $1,000 off per couple on 15-day Europe cruise + flights

Expires 31 Dec 2021
Available for departure on 2 November 2022. Package includes return flights departing from Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney or Perth, onboard meals and more. T&Cs apply.
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Places you can cruise to from Melbourne

Ships departing from Melbourne travel around the nation as well as to New Zealand and South Pacific islands such as Fiji, Vanuatu and Noumea.

Itineraries range from 3-night sample cruises to longer 14-day Pacific island cruises.

Top cruises for 2020 and 2021

Cruises from Melbourne around Australia

Cruises from Melbourne to New Zealand

Cruises from Melbourne to the Pacific islands

World and Asia cruises from Melbourne

What cruise lines leave from Melbourne?

Carnival Cruises, Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises are the main cruise lines that depart from Melbourne. This season, the ships offering voyages from Melbourne are:

Cunard Cruise Line’s Queen Elizabeth 2 is also scheduled to make one sailing in February 2018 to Kangaroo Island.

Cruises from Melbourne around Australia

Australian cruises are ideal for those on budget or time constraints who still want to set sail on the seas. Short, 2- to 3-day sample cruises are also a great way to find your sea legs and fall in love with cruising. They take you to another city or out into open water and then back to Melbourne.

Sample cruises start at $232 per person based on Melbourne to Sydney sailing in a two-person cabin with P&O Cruises. Other short cruises offer 2-night one-way trips to Adelaide, 3-night return trips to Wilson’s Promontory, 4-night return trips to Hobart and 4-night return trips to Eden.

Longer cruises can take you to South Australia (stopping at Adelaide, Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln) and Tasmania (stopping at Wineglass Bay, Port Arthur, Hobart and Adelaide).

Cruise lines that offer sailings around Australia from Sydney are:

  • Carnival Cruises
  • Princess Cruises
  • P&O Cruises

Our top picks for Australian cruises from Melbourne

Kangaroo Island cruise with P&O

Kangaroo Island cruise with P&O from Flight Centre - Cruises

Highlights:

  • 4-nights cruise on Pacific Jewel
  • Calls in at Kangaroo Island
  • Departs December 2018
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Tasmania cruise with P&O

Tasmania cruise with P&O from Flight Centre - Cruises

Highlights:

  • Sail to Tasmania and back on Pacific Jewel
  • Calls in at Burnie, Port Arthur and Kangaroo Island
  • Departs on December 2018
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Cruises from Melbourne to New Zealand

Visiting our neighbours by cruise ship affords you a different way to see and explore the land. Itineraries can be one-way or return and usually call into Fiordland National Park, Dunedin, Akaroa, Gisborne, Tauranga, Stewart Island and Wellington.

Return itineraries start from 11 nights and are priced from $1,319 per person based on twin-share with P&O Cruises.

Cruise lines that offer sailings to New Zealand from Melbourne are:

  • Carnival Cruises
  • Princess Cruises
  • P&O Cruises

Our top New Zealand cruise picks

Cruises to the Pacific Islands, including New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji

Island hop across the South Pacific and see all it has to offer with a dedicated Pacific islands cruise. Many itineraries are return trips and visit Noumea, Luganville, Port Vila, Mystery Island, Champagne Bay, Lifou Isle, Isle of Pines, Mare and Noumea.

Return itineraries start from 12 nights and are priced from $1,330 per person based on twin-share with P&O Cruises.

Cruise lines that offer sailings to the Pacific islands from Melbourne are:

  • Carnival Cruises
  • Princess Cruises
  • P&O Cruises
  • Holland America Line

Top Pacific island cruises

Tasmania cruise with P&O

Tasmania cruise with P&O from Flight Centre - Cruises

Highlights:

  • Sail to Tasmania and back on Pacific Jewel
  • Calls in at Burnie, Port Arthur and Kangaroo Island
  • Departs on December 2018
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World and Asian cruises

Select larger cruise liners offer sailings from Melbourne further into Asia often as part of a larger world cruise.

Some liners scheduled to sail through Melbourne onward include Cunard Cruise Line’s Queen Mary 2, which departs for Hong Kong on 22 February 2018.

Where do cruises leave from in Melbourne?

Luxury cruises depart from Station Pier in Port Melbourne, which is approximately three kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD. From the CBD you can take the 109 tram service direct to the terminals.

From Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport you can catch the regular Skybus service to Melbourne's main Southern Cross Station where you can connect onto the 109 tram.

Melbourne airport-to-cruiseport transfers

Taxis, uber and shuttle services operate between Tullamarine Airport and Station Pier. Shuttle services dedicated to meeting cruises at Station Pier include Airport Shuttle Bus and Gull.

Services into the city start from $18.24 for a shared service and from $127 for a private transfer. The transfers below are to Melbourne CBD. From there you can transfer to Station Pier by tram, taxi or uber.

Melbourne International and Domestic Airport Shuttle
Melbourne International and Domestic Airport Shuttle

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